Recent content by HardwareFreak

That is a ginormous, and incorrect, assumption to make. This is my first and only account on this site, and until very recently (within the last week) I didn't know this site existed. This is what I was referring to, from #307: The point I was making is that those very firepower...

Half of your posts I've read are fairly informative. Then you fire off statements like this, which are 180 degrees opposite of combat experience through two world wars and numerous conflicts since... How can you state something like this with a straight face? Are you trolling? You quoted...

I have a vivid memory of P-38 gun camera footage in which the pilot fires a very short burst into the nose of a Bf 109 from about 100-150 yards, 40 degrees or so off angle. The P-38 is behind the Bf 109 and to the right, firing into the right side of the nose. There are 10 or so small...

Hello HoHUn, The British Purchasing Commission received 'castrated Lightnings', with Allisons that rotated in the same direction, and without the GE turbochargers. This was their own doing as they didn't want the counter rotating engines that were required to make the P-38 work properly. They...

1. Excellent stable gun platform, no engine torque or rudder trim issues 2. Tightly grouped/focused battery of 5 guns 3. fairly high velocity ammo yielding minimal flight time increasing hit probability 4. A jammed gun/cannon doesn't cause yaw issues as with wing mounted guns 5. A one...